Quiz: Who's The King Of 11th Place?

Tuesday 15th January 2013

One of these men absolutely bossed 16th place

One of these men absolutely bossed 16th place

We know who won the Drivers' title in 2012. We know who won the Constructors' title in 2012. We know who was runner up and who was third - "yes, yes, yes,yes - we know all that" - as the third place driver enjoyed saying over team radio.

But who was The King of 11th place? The Planet-F1 stats monkey has been rootling around in last season's statistics and come up with some tricky questions on last season's results.

1.So, who was The King of 11th Place?
a) Paul DiResta
b) Mark Webber
c) Sergio Perez
d) Daniel Ricciardo

2. What was Sebastian Vettel's worst classified position in 2012?
a) 13th
b) 16th
c) 19th
d) 22nd

3. Who was the King of 4th Place, with a total of six 4th place finishes?
a) Kimi Raikkonen
b) Felipe Massa
c) Jenson Button
d) Mark Webber

4. It's worth just a solitary point - who was The King of 10th Place in 2012?
a) Kamui Kobayashi
b) Michael Schumacher
c) Paul DiResta
d) Bruno Senna

5. Who had most retirements - Fernando Alonso or Felipe Massa?

6. Who was the King of 7th Place?
a) Nico Rosberg
b) Romain Grosjean
c) Michael Schumacher
d) Lewis Hamilton

7. Who was The King of 3rd Place?
a) Sebastian Vettel
b) Lewis Hamilton
c) Kimi Raikkonen
d)Fernando Alonso

8. Who scored over half of his points total in a single race?
a) Pastor Maldonado
b) Daniel Ricciardo
c) Jean-Eric Vergne
d) Kamui Kobayashi

9. Who was the King of 2nd Place?
a) Sebastian Vettel
b) Lewis Hamilton
c) Kimi Raikkonen
d) Fernando Alonso

10. How many drivers finished in the same place for three consecutive races?
a) 0
b) 2
c) 3
d) 5

11. How many points did Nico Rosberg score after coming 5th at the Singapore Grand Prix?
a) 0
b) 3
c) 10
d)16

12. Drivers often do well for their home grand prix, so see if you can fill in the missing gap in this sequence?
Fernando Alonso was 2nd in Spain
________ was 3rd in _______
Felipe Massa was 3rd in Brazil
Mark Webber was 4th in Australia

Answers
1. c) Sergio Perez had five 11th places, while Mark Webber, Schumi, Nico Rosberg and Paul DiResta had two each.

2. d) 22nd at Monza - he may not have finished but he was still classified

3. d) Mark Webber - in fact he started off the year with three successive 4th place finishes

4. d) Bruno Senna

5. Alonso. Fernando Alonso had two retirements courtesy of two different Lotus cars, but Felipe only retired in the Australian GP.

6. c) Michael Schumacher had four 7th place finishes

7. d) Fernando Alonso

8. a) Pastor Maldonado scored 25 of 45 at the Spanish GP

9. d) Fernando Alonso - crowned twice

10. d) 5 -Vettel (1st), Hamilton (3rd), Webber (4th), Di Resta (12th), Pic (16th)

11. a) 0

12. Kamui Kobayashi 3rd in Japan

Score:
0-4 King of the Gravel
6-8 King of the Rumble Strip
9+ King of the Road

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